Itsmyluckyday, shown here preparing for the Preakness with jockey Elvis Trujillo at Monmouth Park, will miss four months because of a slight pelvic fracture.

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The Courier-Journal

Preakness runner-up Itsmyluckyday, who was pulled up on the backstretch during Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park, is expected to miss four months of training with a slight fracture in his pelvic area.

"It's as good as we could have hoped for," trainer Eddie Plesa Jr., who conditions Itsmyluckyday for wife Laurie and Triology Stable, told Monmouth's publicity department on Wednesday. "It's a little fracture of the ilium, which is in the pelvic area. He's still at Mid-Atlantic (an equine clinic in Ringoes, N.J.) for a little more testing today, but I expect him to be back here tomorrow ...